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Just for perspective, coal mining employs about half as many Americans as Whole Foods. That’s one specialty grocery chain. The amount of attention given to coal
by mikeash 7y ago
Just for perspective, coal mining employs about half as many Americans as Whole Foods. That’s one specialty grocery chain. The amount of attention given to coal miners is absurd.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoBefore or after automation?
- mikeash 7y agoThat’s right now.
- beenBoutIT 7y agoThe opiate epidemic has been killing off coal miners with no letup in sight. https://blog.exploratory.io/how-coal-mining-employment-has-impacted-on-opioid-epidemic-in-america-69cd0156a50d https://blog.exploratory.io/how-coal-mining-employment-has-i...
- mixmastamyk 7y agoPost automation numerical comparisons are not that useful then?
- mikeash 7y agoWhy not? The point is that there are very few coal miners left and the amount of attention they get is all out of proportion.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoMust be nostalgic folks remembering the "good old days."